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Remember that monsoon-abandoned match that managed to cheat the Vancouver Whitecaps out of claiming the 2011 Canadian Championship?

Or the so-called “Miracle in Montreal” back in 2009 that saw the Montreal Impact controversially trot out a largely reserve side to, yet again, rob the ’Caps of the title they deserved?

More recently, after TFC bounced the Impact at BMO Field in last year’s Cup semifinal, then-TFC assistant Bob de Klerk had to be separated from former Impact head coach Jesse Marsch in an altercation that nearly spilled into the tunnel.

For a mostly immature competition some would say isn’t bolstered by history, ahead of Wednesday night’s Amway Canadian Championship opener at BMO Field, a quick trip down memory lane tells a much different tale.

“We’re looking to obviously bring that passion and intensity,” TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen said ahead of a semifinal matchup with the Montreal Impact, “to get in a good position for when we go away to Montre